Associations to the word «Debouch»

Wiktionary

DEBOUCH, noun. (geography) A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
DEBOUCH, noun. (military) A fortress at the end of a defile.
DEBOUCH, verb. (intransitive) To pour forth from a narrow opening; to emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.

Dictionary definition

DEBOUCH, verb. March out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The regiments debouched from the valley".
DEBOUCH, verb. Pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river".

Wise words

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